Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Caherlehillan, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherlehillan
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.98885, -10.08015
- SMR number
- KE070-033001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on the crest of the ridge that extends W from Mullaghnarakill mountain. A well-preserved circular drystone hut of corbelled construction that features an external offset of coursed blocks, now largely concealed beneath collapse. Small slabs were used to line the inner wall-face; at SE a modified lintelled entrance, .7m wide, composed of large coursed blocks occurs. A gap, adjacent at E, constitutes the present entrance. D: 3.9m. H: 1.2m. T: 1.8m.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1161. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 31 July 2013
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.